Huntsville gazette., 1887-08-27

oLO MI Y LII.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Complied from Various Sources.
IrpsKr. the London Jewish murderer,
.ontessed on the eve Of his execution.
WESTERN waterways convention is
called to meet at Memphis, Tenn, Octo-
Der % to q.
Rrv. Dr. PARKER, eulogist of Henry
Ward Beecher, sailed from London for
New York on the Goth.
HENRY GEORGE was nominated for Sec
ratarv of State of New York by the United
Labor convention at Syracuse.
1os. CHAMBERLAIN and T. w. Russell
have withdrawn from the Unionist party
On account Of the proclamation OF The Irish
National League.
RFy. EDWARD DoANE, an American
missionary in the Caroline Islands, has
haen imprisoned on charge of melting the
natives to disobey the Governor.
IT is serni-officially stated that the
cholera in Sicily has been overcome and
that there is no longer any danger of the
disease Spreading at Naples or Resina.
GENERAL FERRoN, French Minister of
War, has gone to the Alps to establish
definitely the defenses of the southeast
N, A I,.ty,
corps.
CHARLES HAIGHT shot his wife at Ham
mondsport, N. Y, on the 10Th, and then
shot himself Both are dead. The terri
bic affair occurred at their home, near
Hammondsport. The couple leave an in
FAINT a few months old.
THE Yacht race between the Galatea and
the Dauntless, at Halifax, on the 10th,
ended at 3 p. H., the Galatea being the
winner on account of her allowance, al
though the Dauntless led her at the close
about hundred yards.
Ned HANLAN, the oarsman, has gone to
San Francisco, en- route to Australia, to
row his match with Beach, for which 1900
side has been posted. He accounts for
the phenomenal time in his recent race
with Teemer by the fact that the course
was six hundred feet short.
LETTER received few days ago by
Rev. Father P F. Healy, at Portland, Me-,
from his brother, Captain Healy of the
revenue steamer Bear, announced that he
had beached his vessel, constructed a cof-
ferdam, found the leak, replaced the cop
Per and gone on his Northern voyage.
TIE close of the week ended the Goth
found the Detroits still at the head of the
League base ball-ball series, Chicago one
game behind them and the Bostons
dropped to fifth place. The st. Louis
Browns keep their lead in the Association,
with Louisville second, sixteen games be-
hind.
Mr. JOSEPH MILLER, Commissioner of
Internal Revenue, who left Washington
for his home in West Virginia about
month ago for the benefit of his health,
which had become considerably impaired,
is now at the Warm springs of Virginia,
suffering from a severe affection of the
kidneys.
THE Secretary of the Navy is about to
sell the old sloop of war Cyane, now lying
ct the Mare Island Navy Yard, San Fran
cisco. The Cayne is the last ship remain
ing OF the men-of-war captured from the
English in lS12-1j, and was taken by the
Constitution, commanded by Captain
ChaS. Stewart.
The Secretary of War has directed four
companies of the Twenty third Infantry,
stationed at Fort Wayne, Mich; Light
baIEsry +, Fourth Artillery, at Fort SHELL
Ms ana troop of cavalry at Fort Leav-
engorth, to proceed to Chicago and par
@pate in the drill. Colonel H. M. Black
Sl be ii command
0
JAY GOULD, the millionaire, has been
pl under bond to pay a bill of $l05-that
~ ne must pay that sum if it can be sworn
a. a. 'ne United States Circuit Court that
HS yacht, Atlanta, did that amount of
uamage to the canalboat VIM. E. Cleary
Oa May q, while the latter lay safely
~o0red at dock in Yonkers.
Ills Steamer st. Paul arrived at San
= i'ahciSco from Behring sea on the 18th,
una reports that great fears are expressed
o ,a ounaIaska for the safety of the United
OiiuO NuoUCi DOdi, ~
I"Pl' aeLay. In the opinion of many, it
. uouotfuI il she ever returns to Ounalas-
A'' from which port she sailed June 20.
IAE German agent at Sofia has been in
1uc'ed to continue administrative rela-
Guns with the Bulgarian Government, but
"a'oid any thing of nature that might
eaa Prince Ferdinand to suppose that
Ve'many was holding official relations with
lHl The French consuls in Bulgaria have
wen instructed to discontinue even busi-
4'sS relations with the government.
N DORiNG the constitutional centennial at
'lnadelphia next month there will be
a'ehtlon of the American National COM
ee, who claim to represent 100000
SS''ohs throughout the country, interested
teFiVing what they consider purely
A. er'can ideas, and, in a modified form,
IL. Nhow-Nothing movement of a genera
ago Mr.. Powderly is leading mem
vi Of the party.
naaN property Of the defunct National
ss company was sold under a mort
hsS 81 VI foreclosure on the 18th, at the Oak
goo5 'HHatlng Rink, Jersey City, where the
VA Aad been stored. The attachment
r6a made by Mrs. Thurber for $5S, S,9S0.67.
con,i pilOperty was valued at $175, 900, and
too,.,' OF scenery of number of we'll
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